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By I an! Patented Sept. 3, 1.946

MAIL BOX Eugene J. Axnix, South Bend, Ind., assignor 'of fifteen per cent to Dan Preger, fifteen per cent to David Preger, and fteen per cent to Elizabeth Kuzmich, South Bend, Ind.

Application April 26, 1945, Serial No. 590,320

(Cl. E32- 17) 1` Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in mail boxes designed primarily for use for thehome and rural delivery of mail and the invention has for its primary object to provide an upwardly swinging front cover for the box in orde-r that the contents of the box may be easily and conveniently removed without diniculty.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mail box of this character embodying means for supporting magazines, newspapers and other relatively large articles and also embodying means for supporting mail in a conveniently exposed position for collection by a postman.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearancey relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the deby means of a pin I4 below the upper edge of said back wall.

The mail box Il) also includes a bottom I5 having a sloping false bottom I5a secured at the lower portions of the side walls I2 and against which is positioned the lower edge of a transparent front wall l EL The front wall I6 is held in position between the side walls I2 by means of vertical remail may be deposited into the box for resting on p the sloping false bottom I5a.

In order to remove the mail from the box the lower edge thereof is swung upwardly and forwardly as indicated by the arrow in Figure 3 of the drawings whereby the sloping false bottom f I5a. will deposit the mail ontothe shelf 6 and tails of construction and ope-ration as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference be- Y ing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevational View.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on a line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on a line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevational View of the lower portion of the main box, and

Figure 6 is a perspective View of the catch.

Referring now to the drawings in detail Wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates an attaching plate adapted for attaching to the side o-f a house,` post or other suitable supporting structure and provided at its lower edge with a forwardly projecting shelf 6.

To the front surface of the attaching plate is secured upper and lower spacing blocks 'I and 8 to the front edge of which is secured the rear wall 9 of a mail box I0, said rear wall of the mail box being attached in any suitable manner and sup'- ported at its lower end on the shelf 6.

The mail box I Il includes a top wall I I and side walls I2 connected to each other in any suitable manner, the top Wall II having rearwardly projecting tongues I 3 positioned outwardly at opposite sides of the back wall 9 and pivoted thereto may then be conveniently removed.

The rear edge of the upper wall I I is inclined as indicated at 2l to substantially close the space between the top wall II and the rear wall 9 when the box is in its closed position and permitting upward swinging movement ofthe box a distance suiiiciently for removing the mail therefrom. f

The space between the attaching plate 5 and the rear wall 9 of the box forms a chamber 22 therebetween which is open at each side and in which substantially large pieces of mail may be placed.

A pair of arms 23 are pivotally attached at one end to the sides of the bottom wall I5 by means of pins 24, the outer ends of the arms being curved upwardly as indicated at 25 and when moved in their outwardly projected positions as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings the arms provide support for newspapers, magazines and the like indicated at 26, such articles being supported in front of the mail box I0.

A spring catch 2'I projects outwardly from the front edge of the shelf 6 to frictionally engage the lower edge of the box Ill to retain the latter in its closed position.

The upper edge of the rear wall 9 is formed with a slot 28 by means of which letters or Vthe like 29 may be inserted for collection by the postman,

` said letters constituting outgoing mail.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in the art.

It is to be understood, however, that even tho-ugh there is herein shown and-described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible toI certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a xed shelf, a box having a deposit opening therein and a back upstanding from said shelf and xed thereto, said box including a body having a bottom resting on said shelf and a top swingably mounted on said back whereby said body may be swung upwardly and forwardly of said shelf to cause contents of the body to be deposited on the shelf, said body having a false bottom sloping toward said back to facilitate deposit of the contents of the box onto said shelf.

EUGENE J. AXNIX. 

